Undo send, one of Gmail’s best experimental features, is officially available to all after being a Gmail Labs feature for many years. Just head to Settings > General and scroll down to “Undo Send” to turn it on. [via Gizmodo]

As if Gmail wasn't powerful enough, you can find all sorts of goodies and extra features in Gmail Labs. The list is pretty massive, so we've narrowed down our 10 favorite labs to help increase your email productivity.

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As any Gmail ninja knows, some ofthe best features are hidden away in Gmail's "Labs" section, where they test new and experimental features. Today, three of those features graduated to become a default part of Gmail.

Although many handy features like automatic message translation have been part of Gmail Labs for awhile now, Google has decided to graduate it and a couple of others to official Gmail features. Automatic Message Translation works by providing you with a translate button for any message that Google believes to be in…

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Three of our favorite Gmail Labs features have graduated and moved on to out-of-the-box Gmail. Superstars lets you assign different levels of stars to an email, making a killer to-do list based on priority; nested labels creates labels within labels, so you can organize your mail by sub-categories; and if you use a…

New in Gmail's Labs section is a feature that's a saving grace for anybody waiting out a big attachment or slow server. Once activated, "Background Send" lets you can move on to reading and managing other messages, while Gmail continues sending your messages behind the scenes.

Gmail's powerful filters have long been one of its strongest features, if you're willing to create and nurture them. Now a new Gmail Labs feature is giving every user a few pre-set Smart Labels to automatically catch bulk messages, service notifications, and mailing lists.

If you've grown very, very tired of having to manually select the next message to view in Gmail after archiving, deleting, muting, or otherwise handling a message, your conveyor belt has arrived. A new Labs feature, Auto-advance, speeds you through your inbox.

Gmail's significantly improved their video chat with higher quality video; you just have to turn it on. While logged into your Gmail account, visit the Gmail Labs menu and enable "Video Chat Enhancements".

Gmail's latest Labs offering is a tiny little thing, but perhaps a great one, especially on larger screens. Enable "Move Icon Column," and your attachment, calendar, and other message icons move to the left of your subjects from the right.

A helpful reader noticed a new setting in Gmail that's popped up since the Undo Send lab appeared in Gmail. You can now change your undo buffer period to five or 20 seconds from the default 10 second wait.

Google adds two new features to Gmail Labs today: The often-requested Nested Labels—for those of you who like folder-style label nesting—and "Message Sneak Peek", which provides a quick look at an email when you right-click the message in your inbox.

Developers and product managers from the Gmail team hosted a jam-packed panel at SXSW Interactive yesterday, and talked in a refreshingly honest manner about what they've done and what's coming next—including speed improvements, new features, Buzz, better Contacts, and more.

Gmail uses a common timing algorithm to fetch messages from POP accounts, one you can somewhat game, but sometimes you want to get at a message you know has arrived. A new Labs feature adds a manual refresh button for POP grabbing.